Night of Long Knives

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English

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Etymology

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See night of the long knives.

Noun

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Night of Long Knives (plural Nights of Long Knives)

  1. Alternative letter-case form of night of long knives (purge) used especially in reference to a specific one, particularly the 1934 one in Germany, but also e.g. the British one of 1962.